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Midway Selling Mortal Kombat Rights?

Troubled publisher is allegedly shopping around for new home for fighting game franchise.

Things just keep getting worse and worse for Midway. The Chicago-based publisher's problems are well-documented, from its sale for roughly $100,000 to its recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Amidst these pessimistic announcements, Midway had one positive note: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe proved to be quite the hit for the ailing company, shipping 1.8 million units worldwide as of late January.

According to Gamasutra, a court document detailing Midway's rescue plan indicates that selling off the rights to the Mortal Kombat franchise could be in the cards. Considering that the publisher has signed a distribution deal with Ubisoft for the upcoming Vin Diesel vehicle Wheelman, the sale of Mortal Kombat might not come as a surprising move in light of Midway's major financial problems.

Sterling says: After seeing the distribution deal that Midway and Ubi worked out a few weeks back for Wheelman, I can't say I'm floored to hear that Mortal Kombat is going up for sale. Phrases like "cutting off your nose to spite your face" come to mind, but MK is arguably the last thing Midway has left to sell that can help it reorganize.